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Pages in category "17th-century English poets" The following 189 pages are in this category, out of 189 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The poet Abraham Cowley, in whose biography Samuel Johnson first named and described Metaphysical poetry. The term Metaphysical poets was coined by the critic Samuel Johnson to describe a loose group of 17th-century English poets whose work was characterised by the inventive use of conceits, and by a greater emphasis on the spoken rather than lyrical quality of their verse.
Premanand (poet) (1640–1700) nonreligious Indian poet who wrote originally in Hindi, but when reprimanded by his guru, switched to Gujarati, which he vowed to develop into a language of fine literary expression [4] Wali Muhammad Wali, Wali Deccani (1667–1707), Urdu-language poet; Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan (1699–1781), Urdu-language poet
Robert Herrick (baptised 24 August 1591 – buried 15 October 1674) [1] was a 17th-century English lyric poet and Anglican cleric. He is best known for Hesperides, a book of poems. This includes the carpe diem poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time", with the first line "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may".
The Faerie Queene (Early Modern English) by Edmund Spenser (1596) Venus and Adonis (1593) and Lucrece (1594) (Early Modern English) by Shakespeare; The Dam San of the Ede people (now in Vietnam) is often considered to appear in the 16th or 17th century. [8] [9]
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John Milton (1608–1674), most famous for his epic poem "Paradise Lost" (1667), was an English poet with religious beliefs emphasizing central Puritanical views.While the work acted as an expression of his despair over the failure of the Puritan Revolution against the English Catholic Church, it also indicated his optimism in human potential.
Henry Reynolds (1564–1632) was an English schoolmaster poet and literary critic of the seventeenth century. [1]Born in Suffolk, he is known for two works: Aminta Englisht of 1628, a translation from Tasso, and Mythomystes, a 1632 critical work on poetry considered to be most influenced by the Neoplatonism of the early Italian Renaissance.